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Part II  Let Your “Why” Speak

A softer focus is what you have when you are not going
for immediate fixes. It’s when you breathe, step away, and
create the room to gain new insights. It’s when you get a
glass of water (more on that next). It provides the space to
let your mind make connections on its own.

Do the best you can and work with that. Not everyone
will agree with me. But, hey, do they have weekends off?

Get a Glass of Water

When my children would scrape a knee, fall off a bicycle,
or come screaming into the house because whatever disas-
ter had just happened, I immediately gave them a glass of
water to drink. The action of taking a glass from the shelf,
filling it with water, and having them drink the water
before I asked what happened opened the space for a little
more calm and focus. The same tactic works well for busi-
ness. Most business emergencies are not life threatening,
so taking a minute to refocus is a very good thing.

When confronted with situations that demand your
immediate attention—it might be a customer, an
employee, or a cash problem—you have to determine
whether it is an emergency. Do I need to stop what I’m
doing to address the situation? If I don’t, will everything
fall apart? Can I put it in the “parking lot” and address it
later?

You’d be surprised what can happen when a business
finds itself in a tight spot. For example, if the organic

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